https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767408 A statutory authority cannot keep a show cause notice pending for years and later cancel DEPB authorisations on the basis of that unresolved notice without prior intimation or hearing. Such prolonged non-adjudication, followed by adverse civil consequences without fair procedure, was treated as denial of natural justice and gross arbitrariness. The existence of an alternate appellate remedy did not prevent writ intervention where the impugned action itself was vitiated by procedural unfairness. The show cause notice, cancellation communication, and related DEPB cancellation letters were quashed as unsustainable. en-us Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:35:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767408 A statutory authority cannot keep a show cause notice pending for years and later cancel DEPB authorisations on the basis of that unresolved notice without prior intimation or hearing. Such prolonged non-adjudication, followed by adverse civil consequences without fair procedure, was treated as denial of natural justice and gross arbitrariness. The existence of an alternate appellate remedy did not prevent writ intervention where the impugned action itself was vitiated by procedural unfairness. The show cause notice, cancellation communication, and related DEPB cancellation letters were quashed as unsustainable. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767408